To each his her own. New articles about reborn dolls love to seize on the most meloncholy owner of the dolls and focus on that. I guess an article about people who just like making and collecting dolls wouldn’t be as interesting. When are we going to see an article about that sad grown man who can’t give up collecting new additions for his toy train set?
I am a reborn artist and own the reborn forum
http://www.rebornbabiesuk.com
The majority of collectors just see the dolls as
forms of art, and can appreciate the workmanship of the doll.
doll collecting in itself is nothing new, reborns
are the next chapter or generation of doll collecting.
The amount of work which goes into making a reborn doll is huge. Each hair folicle is
pushed into the vinyl one at a time. The skin tone is achieved using many, many layers
of paint which is then cured with heat with each layer.
I have been "reborning" dolls for some years
My work is in what a call re~mourns, these are memorial portrait reborns in honour of lost little ones. I work very closely with SANDS and make sure the mommy has a lot of support, and is not looking to replace her lost angel with a doll.
In all of my experiences in doing these, i have found the mommy finds great peace and truly is able to move on.
Most Mommmies want a reborn to be the exact weight of their lost one as they are scared they will forget what it felt like to hold and cradle their little angel.
I charge hardly nothing for these re~mourns, barley covering the cost of the kits, but the email that the mommy has found peace, or is sleeping better, or is finding life easier, cant be quantified by money,
Cathxxx